Questions tagged [attack]
A concept in chess that involves targeting one of the opponent's pieces or a construct of them. For example, one can attack the opponent's king or pawn structure.
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How do you attack a king castled behind an open g file?
In a recent game, I got to this position as black:
r2qk2r/4bppp/p1n1pn2/1p1p2B1/3P4/1BNQ1P2/PPP2P1P/R4RK1 b kq - 0 12
I wasn't really sure how to proceed. The black king looks vulnerable. Are there ...
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When to weaken king's position to attack opponent's king with pawns?
I have seen few times, masters use their f,g,h pawn to attack opponent's king (even if the player castled kingside). Whenever I see a weak position of king, I suspect, king is "under attack" ...
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How many more squares can you attack?
(Inspired by this cool problem)
Let’s say it’s White to move. Let A = the number of squares currently attacked by White, and B = the number of squares attacked by White after White’s next move.
What ...
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What are considered the squares a piece attacks?
Take a look at the following text taken from "Logical Chess" by Irving Chernev. What are considered the squares a piece attack? How are the queens attacking 9 compared to 5 and the bishops ...
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Attacking the Spanish Opening
I'm studying the Spanish opening by developing some possible attacks against it and seeing how it could resist those attacks.
In the below position, White has moved the light-squared bishop from f1 to ...
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What should Black do?
I am reading “Ten Ways To Succeed In The Opening“ by Tim Onions and David Regis. On page 48, there is a problem I am trying to solve.
However, I can’t figure out what Black should do next.
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What is this tactic called?
[FEN "6k1/rp3ppq/p2p4/1p1Pr1nQ/1P2P3/4R1N1/P1B2P2/4R1K1 b - - 0 1"]
1... Nh3+ 2. Qxh3 (2. Kh2 Rxh5) 2... Qxh3
Black to move.
After Nh3+ white can move the king or take with the queen. ...
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How to attack in Scandinavian Defense
After 10 moves as Black, I often end up in a position very close to this, where I still have left my options open about castling.
[FEN "r3k2r/ppqn1ppp/2pbpn2/5bB1/2B5/P1NP1N1P/1PP2PP1/R2Q1RK1 w ...
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Is there a term for when each player captures a sequence of pieces without recaptures?
There is a situation that arises occasionally, where each player goes on a rampage through the other player's pieces (often using a queen), never stopping to recapture or defend. It usually ends when ...
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Attacking as Black in the Caro-Kann
Is it possible to play the Caro-Kann aggressively/tactically as Black?
What are the attacking chances/ideas for black in the Caro-Kann? Or is it simply the wrong opening for that?
I found a few ...
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Does the King's Indian Attack need the e5 pawn push to attack on the kingside?
So from what I understand, a kingside attack can be started as long as the centre is closed.
I very recently started looking into the King's Indian Attack as an opening for white against the French ...
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Is there an aggresive opening for black if white does not accept the Traxler's counterattack?
I want to play sharp, complicated Traxler games in bullet. To do this, I must play the Two Knights Defence. The problem is that rarely people go for the Fried Liver, and usually I play the Four ...
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Is the Four Pawns Attack against the Alekhine opening promising for White?
The latest version of Stockfish 12 thinks that the Four Pawns Attack is the most promising variation for White against the Alekhine Defense 1.e4 Nf6, But it evaluated the position resulting from the ...
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Why is Tal talking about 10. Qf7 when 10.... N5f6 is possible?
I am picking from the book "Attack with Mikhail Tal" Chapter 1, pg 6. Tal annotates the steps and his thought process on the Tal-Larsen 1965 match.
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1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. ...
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Tricky continuation to the Fried Liver "refuted"
Suppose white gets the following opening:
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1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Nf6
4. Ng5 d5
5. exd5 Na5
This is what I call Fried Liver Refuted, instead of Nxd5 we get instead Na5. From ...
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Are gambits a good way to improve tactical awareness (for strong amateurs)?
As gambits are all about activity, initiative, and attack, should I start playing gambits to increase my awareness and all these things?
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Kasparov quote on the simple math behind attacking
I've seen several references to a certain Kasparov quote that paraphrase the idea of the quote without giving the actual text of the quote, or indicating where he said it. The idea is something like &...
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Why is g5 much better than gxh5 in this position of Anand?
To me, Anand's 13. g5 instead of 13. gxh5 was very surprising.
[Title "Vishwanathan Anand vs Nafiz Ediz İlhan, chess24.com"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. ...
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Are aggressive attacking and tactical playeing the same?
What's the difference? Both look same to me.
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Can White defend and possibly win?
[FEN "1nkr2nr/pppp2pp/2b2p2/3q4/3P4/1NQ5/P1P2PPP/R1B1R1K1 w KQkq - 0 1"]
Can White possibly win in this position and avoid a queen mate on g2?
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Why is b3 a blunder?
[FEN "r2q2nr/p3kppp/3bp3/2p2b2/Bn1P4/1P2PN2/4NPPP/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 13"]
I dont see whats wrong in b3 I am making some space to bring black bishop into game attacking nb4
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Pawn storm, should I start with h4 or g4?
If Black has castled kingside and White castled queenside or kingside, and White wants to launch an attack by a pawn storm. How do you know that you should start with h4 first or g4 first? I know that ...
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Attacking moves
While playing chess against a computer I am able to analyse what the computer is going to move even at the highest difficulty level but I am not able to place good moves against the computer. Can ...
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How should white push for advantage in the Nimzowitsh attack of the Petrov's defense?
This line of the Petrov defense can often lead to opposite side castling and the general rule for that is attacks happening on both sides of the board. However, I noticed that it's very difficult to ...
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Why did Kasparov avoid the Marshall Attack?(With White)
I read that during Kasparov's long chess career he always avoided the Marshall attack with Anti-Marshalls (h3 and a4). This seems very counter-intuitive to me since the positions that arise from the ...
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Potential exchange sacrifice in a King's Indian Defence middlegame
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. b4 Nf6 ...
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Could this kind of inaccurate sacrifice be countered?
I recently played a Lichess Bullet Game as White.
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1.e4 e5 2.h4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.a3 O-O 7.b4 Bxf2+ 8.Kxf2 Ng4+ 9.Ke1 a6 10.Bh3 Nd4 11.Bxg4 b5 12.Bxc8 Rxc8 13.Nge2 Nxe2 14....
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Is targeting the f7/f2 square in bughouse a good rule of thumb?
In Bughouse, players often target the f2/f7 square; it is common to see a minor sack on f7, followed by a knight on g5 delivering check and breaching through the opponent's defenses.
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How would you make a queenside pawn storm opening idea work?
I played a Lichess bullet game as Black in which I disregarded any opening theory because I just wanted to mount up a pawn storm on the queenside. Has anybody come across this idea? It seems to me ...
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Life imitates chess: is a player' style of play determined by personality and can style of play be altered? [closed]
There's a popular saying along the lines of "life imitates chess", my understanding is that cool, calm and collected players like Karpov will tend to opt for positional play while unsettled skittish ...
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Who is best attacking player all the time? [closed]
Who is the best-attacking player all the time? Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, Magnus Carlsen or Mikhail Tal?
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Games that illustrate attacking themes
I have recently made an agreement with a bunch of highly interested but still inexperienced players and I will become their trainer. My plan is to have 1-2 meetings per week with them to talk about ...
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How to deal with your opponent's queen if your opponent rejects any trades?
If my opponent brings out his/her queen early in the game, I usually attack it with my own queen. The opponent can either accept the trade or reject it. If he/she accepts, I have no questions at all. ...
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Counting attackers and defenders, which pieces count?
I've heard multiple times the idea of counting attackers and defenders in estimating whether an attack/sacrifice will succeed. However, I think authors are quite loose in counting who is the attacker ...
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How do you solve chess tactics?
Do you just grind them, or do you save some of the chess tactics that you miss?
Do you ever annotate your chess tactics?
Do you try to remember certain patterns and main ideas? Do you categorize ...
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Is the Smith-Morra gambit still worth playing at a ~1600 level?
I've been playing the Smith-Morra Gambit (e4 c5 d4 cxd4 c3) against the Sicilian defense for about 2 years. I have a tournament coming up in 3 days and I am beginning to doubt if the Smith-Morra would ...
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How can I play sharp in positional openings (English, Closed Sicilian, Giuoco Pianissimo)?
Learning to trust your intuition is an important part of developing as a strong player. If you sacrifice and you are wrong, you will probably lose. On the other hand, if you do not sacrifice and you ...
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What will be the best move in this position?
I am a lower rated (1200-1300) player, and I am quite hesitant while making sacrifices. In the current game I see that black's king is unprotected and a bishop sacrifice at f5 can open up an attack ...
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What next? I'm stuck!
Sorry if this question is waaay too long, but I just want professional chess players to know exactly what I think and help me. I'd appreciate it if anyone interested went through my question ...
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Attacking play in chess
How do I play in an attacking manner? I know it sounds silly, but whenever I play, I am usually on the defensive. My opponents attack, forcing me into a corner, and usually won. The few times I attack,...
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How would you analyze this critical position from my most recent game?
r1b2r2/1p2bp1k/p3p2p/2qnN3/2B4Q/2P3R1/PP3PPP/2K1R3 w - - 4 20
In the diagram position, I was white. I had sacrificed a bishop for a pawn for a huge attack on the black king. I realized during the ...
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How does black break into the position? What is a good plan for black?
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1.e4 e6
2.Nf3 d5
3.exd5 exd5
4.d4 Bd6
5.Be2 Ne7
6.c3? O-O
7.O-O Ng6
8.Nbd2 Nf4
9.Re1 Nxe2+
10.Rxe2
Black's plan in the beginning was to take advantage of the (to-be) weak light squares ...
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How can one precisely sacrifice a piece for a winning attack?
r2qkb1r/5ppp/p1bppn2/1p3P2/4P3/1BN5/PPP3PP/R1BQ1RK1 b qk - 0 1
1... b4 2. fxe6! bxc3 3. exf7+
In the above game, black played 1...b4 to encumber the white knight's journey to d5. Ambitiously, white ...
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Finding checkmate sequence / Successful attack completion
Among my weaknesses (which I am aware of), the most irritating and the most important for me, at this point, is "checkmate blindness", whether because of time pressure or because of any other reason.
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How many attacks can be focused on one point?
How many "possible" attacks can be focused on one point on the board? For instance the pawn in E5:
What is the maximum (realistic) amount of attacks that are focused on a single point on the board?
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How could I have improved my attack in this game?
I won the game easily because my opponent left a rook hanging in the end. I believe I missed opportunities to build a stronger attack, but I am not sure how I could have done so.
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1.d4 e5 2....
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How to break through a stubborn Semi-Slav?
With every other middlegame formation, I know more or less what I would do if I were given a load of free tempi, and thus, what I should aim for in the present. However, concerning a highly defensive ...
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Neither Attacking nor Defending?
I am a novice in chess. After about ten moves, I sometimes get into a situation where I am neither attacking nor defending and really can't figure out what my next move should be (that is I don't want ...
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An unnecessary threat?
I found myself in a game with this position. Last Black's move was a Queenside castle, which let him a little bit uncovered. My first spontaneous move idea (which I finally played, because of time ...
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Building a chess using magic bitboard... how do I know if the movement is valid
OK I have read a lot of things on the web most of them using Java that doesn't have unsigned int. I am working on Objective-C that has unsigned int.
Lets consider the following scenario.
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